Xcode 11.3 throws exception when running app on iOS 13 device, but not on simulator

Question

After upgrading to Xcode 11.3, our app throws an exception when running on an iOS 13.3 device. The exception does not occur at the same place every time, and the log indicates the exception is coming from com.apple.CoreAnalytics (see below). The exception is only thrown once. And, the exception is NOT thrown when I run the app on the simulator. Thanks in advance for your thoughts and ideas!

Answer 1

Sometimes Apple's frameworks use exceptions as an internal messaging technique. They probably shouldn't do that, but the frameworks contain a lot of old code that doesn't always follow best practices. There is no harm done, because the framework, having thrown the exception, also catches it, which is why you run fine if the app just runs without the debugger. But if you run from Xcode and you have set an Exception Breakpoint, you will pause after the throw but before the catch. It looks like that's what's happening. So just remove that breakpoint.